Ottawa_municipal_election,_1919
The city of Ottawa, Canada held municipal elections on January 6, 1919 to elect members of the 1919 Ottawa City Council.
The election saw a woman elected in the city for the first time, with Marion McDougall (wife of the late John Lorn McDougall)[1] being elected as a public school trustee in Dalhousie Ward.
Fisher won seven of the city's nine wards, while Parent won the city's two francophone wards, By and Ottawa.
More information Candidate, Votes ...
Candidate | Votes | % |
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Harold Fisher | 7,624 | 62.16 |
Rufus H. Parent | 4,642 | 37.84 |
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More information Ottawa Electric Railway to be taken over and run by a commission before 1923., Option ...
Ottawa Electric Railway to be taken over and run by a commission before 1923. | ||
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Option | Votes | % |
Yes | 8,234 | 75.31 |
No | 2,700 | 24.69 |
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More information Ottawa Electric Railway to be taken over and run by a commission in 1923., Option ...
Ottawa Electric Railway to be taken over and run by a commission in 1923. | ||
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Option | Votes | % |
Yes | 8,771 | 79.12 |
No | 2,314 | 20.88 |
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More information Ottawa Electric Railway to be taken over and run by a commission., Option ...
Ottawa Electric Railway to be taken over and run by a commission. | ||
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Option | Votes | % |
Yes | 8,943 | 81.65 |
No | 2,010 | 18.35 |
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More information By-law to provide for an expenditure of $150,000 on a bridge of the Rideau Canal at Somerset Street, Option ...
By-law to provide for an expenditure of $150,000 on a bridge of the Rideau Canal at Somerset Street | ||
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Option | Votes | % |
Yes | 2,658 | 50.08 |
No | 2,649 | 49.92 |
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The plebiscite lost in all but three wards, but won St. George Ward (which the bridge would connect with Downtown) by a large enough margin to pass city-wide by just nine votes.[2] Despite the result, a bridge would not be built at that location until the Corktown Footbridge was built in 2006.
More information By-law to secure authority to expend $150,000 on the establishment and maintenance of a civic coal yard, Option ...
By-law to secure authority to expend $150,000 on the establishment and maintenance of a civic coal yard | ||
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Option | Votes | % |
Against | 3,161 | 59.73 |
For | 2,163 | 40.63 |
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(4 elected)
More information Candidate, Votes ...
Candidate | Votes | % |
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Frank H. Plant | 6,666 | 18.54 |
Joseph Kent | 6,501 | 18.08 |
Napoléon Champagne | 6,206 | 17.26 |
J. W. Nelson | 5,298 | 14.74 |
James Muir | 5,229 | 14.55 |
Thomas Brethour | 4,985 | 13.87 |
Peter Glavey | 1,062 | 2.95 |
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(2 elected from each ward)
More information Rideau Ward, Candidate ...
Rideau Ward | ||
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Candidate | Votes | % |
Douglas H. Macdonald | 352 | 33.78 |
Breary Slinn | 285 | 27.35 |
William Cherry | 206 | 19.77 |
Daudelin | 199 | 19.10 |
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More information By Ward, Candidate ...
By Ward | ||
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Candidate | Votes | % |
Edward Gaulin | 652 | 37.86 |
Fred Desjardins | 613 | 35.60 |
Labelle | 457 | 26.54 |
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More information St. George Ward, Candidate ...
St. George Ward | ||
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Candidate | Votes | % |
Walter Cunningham | ||
Wilfrid J. Grace |
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More information Wellington Ward, Candidate ...
Wellington Ward | ||
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Candidate | Votes | % |
James D. Denny | ||
Charles R. Stephen |
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More information Capital Ward, Candidate ...
Capital Ward | ||
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Candidate | Votes | % |
Arthur R. Ford | 1,417 | 35.35 |
William Y. Denison | 1,094 | 27.30 |
McCormick | 848 | 21.16 |
Walsh | 649 | 16.19 |
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More information Dalhousie Ward, Candidate ...
Dalhousie Ward | ||
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Candidate | Votes | % |
John P. Balharrie | 1,181 | 31.82 |
James A. Forward | 944 | 25.44 |
O'Meara | 671 | 18.08 |
Pelletier | 572 | 15.41 |
Hunt | 343 | 9.24 |
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More information Victoria Ward, Candidate ...
Victoria Ward | ||
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Candidate | Votes | % |
Ernest Laroche | Acclaimed | |
David Rice | Acclaimed |
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More information Ottawa Ward, Candidate ...
Ottawa Ward | ||
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Candidate | Votes | % |
Joseph Albert Pinard | 850 | 36.39 |
Waldo Guertin | 633 | 27.10 |
Bordeleau | 476 | 20.38 |
Beauregard | 377 | 16.14 |
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More information Central Ward, Candidate ...
Central Ward | ||
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Candidate | Votes | % |
John F. McKinley | Acclaimed | |
Charles Pepper | Acclaimed |
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- "Life of service closes in the sudden passing today of Mrs. J. L. McDougall Sr". Ottawa Citizen. August 18, 1927. p. 1. Retrieved May 9, 2020.
- "Citizens favor (sic) taking over of street railway". Ottawa Citizen. January 7, 1919. p. 5. Retrieved May 9, 2020.
- "Fisher, Plant, Kent, Champagne, and Nelson are Elected". Ottawa Journal. January 7, 1919. p. 8. Retrieved May 9, 2020.
- "Denison, McKinley, Guertin, Slinn, New Aldermen Elected". Ottawa Journal. January 7, 1919. p. 9. Retrieved May 9, 2020.